This article explores the existence of negative peer pressures resulting from the concentration of foreigners in French lower secondary schools. Using three indicators of school attainment (number of years spent in lower secondary education, grades in 4th and 3rd year, and track selection in...

Objectives: To analyze whether there are causal peer effects in criminal behavior among young students in upper secondary education. Methods: We follow four cohorts of Danish students (N=27,525) when they complete 9th or 10th grade and start upper secondary vocational education with new peers....

We study the effects of disruptive peers within disciplinary schools. When regular instructional schools send disruptive students away to disciplinary schools, removed students are exposed to highly disruptive peers. Using rich administrative data on Texas high school students, we leverage...